---
title: "Upsert employee skill proficiency rating"
method: POST
path: "/hris/skill-proficiency-ratings"
tags: ["Unified HRIS API"]
---

# Upsert employee skill proficiency rating

`POST /hris/skill-proficiency-ratings`

Assign a skill to an employee with an optional proficiency rating, attributed to the provider configured in the settings. Re-sending the same skill and source overwrites the existing rating.

<Note>
  This endpoint requires the permission **Manage employee skill proficiency ratings** to be enabled in [your scope config](/scopes).
</Note>

### Example Request Body

```json
{
  "employee_id": "26vafvWSRmbhNcxJYqjCzuJg",
  "skill_id": "28KMdr68N8kG9EzLwjsN9aoz",
  "rating": {
    "rating_source": "EXTERNAL",
    "proficiency": 4
  }
}
```

## Headers

- `X-Integration-Id` string, required

## Request body

- PostHrisSkillProficiencyRatingsRequestBody
  - `employee_id` string, required — The Kombo ID of the employee.
  - `skill_id` string, required — The Kombo ID of the skill.
  - `rating` object, required
    - `rating_source` 'EXTERNAL', required — Marks this as an externally-produced rating (e.g. from an assessment, labor-market enrichment, or inference engine). It is attributed to the provider configured in the settings.
    - `proficiency` union — The proficiency to record. The value is strictly validated against the skill's `proficiency_scale`: for a `NUMERIC` skill, submit a number within the scale's `min`–`max` range, aligned to its `step`; for a `SINGLE_SELECT` skill, submit the Kombo ID of one of the scale's `ordered_options`. Omit to assign the skill without a rating.
      - number, double
      - string

## Response `200`

POST /hris/skill-proficiency-ratings Positive response

- PostHrisSkillProficiencyRatingsPositiveResponse
  - `status` 'success', required
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required — The globally unique ID of this object generated by Kombo. We recommend using this as a stable primary key for syncing.
    - `remote_id` string, required — The raw ID of the object in the remote system. We don't recommend using this as a primary key on your side as it might sometimes be compromised of multiple identifiers if a system doesn't provide a clear primary key.
    - `employee_id` string, required — The Kombo ID of the employee. Can be used to retrieve the employee from the `get employees` endpoint.
    - `skill_id` string, required — The Kombo ID of the skill. Can be used to retrieve the skill from the `get skills` endpoint.
    - `proficiency` union — The selected value on the scale. `null` when the skill is assigned to the employee but not rated. The scale itself lives on the skill.
      - object
        - `type` 'NUMERIC', required
        - `value` number, double, required — The numeric proficiency value on the scale.
      - object
        - `type` 'SINGLE_SELECT', required
        - `selected_option_id` string, required — The Kombo ID of the selected option on the scale (`proficiency_scale.ordered_options[].id`).
    - `rating_source` 'SELF' | 'MANAGER' | 'EXPECTED' | 'EXTERNAL', nullable, required — Who produced this rating. `SELF` – self-assessed by the employee; `MANAGER` – assessed by their manager; `EXPECTED` – the level expected for the employee; `EXTERNAL` – written by an external provider system (e.g. an assessment, labor-market enrichment, or inference engine). `null` when unknown.
    - `rating_provider_id` string, nullable, required — The external provider that produced the rating. Only set on `EXTERNAL` ratings, `null` otherwise.
    - `changed_at` string, date-time, required — The timestamp when this specific record was last modified. This field only updates when properties directly on this record change, NOT when related or nested models change. For filtering that considers nested data changes, use the `updated_after` parameter which will return records when either the record itself OR its related models have been updated.
    - `remote_deleted_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — The date and time the object was deleted in the remote system. Objects are automatically marked as deleted when Kombo can't retrieve them from the remote system anymore. Kombo will also anonymize entries 14 days after they disappear.
    - `remote_data` object, nullable, required — Includes the data fetched from the remote system. Please be aware that including this in you scope config might violate other scopes that are set. Remote data always has the endpoint path that we got the data from as the top level key. For example, it could look like: `{ "/companies": { ... }}` This is not available on all plans. Reach out to Kombo if you need it.
    - `custom_fields` object, nullable, required — A key-value store of fields not covered by the schema. [Read more](/custom-fields)
    - `integration_fields` object[], required — An array of selected passthrough integration fields. [Read more](/integration-fields)
      - `id` string, required — The globally unique ID of this object.
      - `key` string, required — The key of the field in the remote system.
      - `type` 'DEFAULT' | 'CUSTOM', required — - `DEFAULT`: static fields in the remote system. - `CUSTOM`: fields that are created/editable by the user.
      - `value` unknown
      - `label` string, nullable, required — The label of the field. (not always available)
  - `warnings` object[], required — These are the interaction warnings that are shown in the dashboard. They are meant to provide debug information to you. We recommend logging them to the console.
    - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `default` — The standard error response with the error codes for the HRIS use case.

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